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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, david@harpegolden.net,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org, angelo.graziosi@alice.it
Subject: Re: angle-bracket notation for keys   (was: Selection changes)
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:21:54 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83d3ukemdp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8F4BFF7C861A4C829E17005E14A14690@us.oracle.com>

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>, <david@harpegolden.net>,
>         <cyd@stupidchicken.com>, <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:42:26 -0700
> 
> > > > '<...-insertchar>' is very ugly and... unattractive!
> > 
> > <FOO> is what makeinfo produces from @key{FOO}.  The purpose of @key
> > is to distinguish between a single keypress and typing the keys F, O,
> > and O in that order.  In the printed manual, @key produces a picture
> > of a key with a label.
> > 
> > If you want to suggest a change in what @key produces in the on-line
> > Info manual, this isn't the right forum.  You need to write to
> > bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
> 
> I believe this was all discussed in those old threads, and I really do not wish
> to reopen the discussion

<Shrug> who can remember all those discussions?

> To be clear, however, I'm not really concerned about what appears in the printed
> manual.  My concern (really, my _only_ concern wrt this question) is the UI and
> online doc (Info).  I made that clear before, as well.

Consistency with the manual is important, IMO.



  reply	other threads:[~2010-07-18 17:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-16  1:00 Selection changes Angelo Graziosi
2010-07-16  9:33 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-07-17 23:49   ` Angelo Graziosi
2010-07-18  1:54     ` angle-bracket notation for keys (was: Selection changes) Drew Adams
2010-07-18  2:07       ` angle-bracket notation for keys Miles Bader
2010-07-18  3:05       ` angle-bracket notation for keys (was: Selection changes) Eli Zaretskii
2010-07-18  5:42         ` Drew Adams
2010-07-18 17:21           ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2010-07-18 19:15             ` Drew Adams
2010-07-18 22:05               ` angle-bracket notation for keys Harald Hanche-Olsen
2010-07-18  9:51       ` Angelo Graziosi
2010-07-18 19:28     ` Selection changes David De La Harpe Golden
2010-07-18 22:39       ` Angelo Graziosi
2010-07-16 12:14 ` Angelo Graziosi

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